“From foster care agencies days to human resources for what I do today, I really do love helping people, and I’m motivated by knowing that I helped someone get a job, or I helped someone get a promotion, or find themselves, or what their career choice is. “

“I had a shoe closet and now I don't; I was able to purchase, what I never thought I could never do - was purchase property, I wasn’t even a homeowner myself, but I went out and bought investment properties, and it’s only been a year this month, I’ve already closed five of them.” Watch more of Tina's success story.

“Last year when I came to the NAHREP-Nely Galan conference I was completely inspired by her, I went back to my room, and said this is it, I can no longer continue to just be a realtor, I need to be a broker and I need to have my own company. So I began the path of getting my broker’s license. “

"My intention for you all is that I want to see rich Latinas. I want us to stop thinking that rich is a dirty word. When I say rich, I mean rich in every way, a rich life, an abundant life that we deserve. We have to start thinking we deserve it in order to get it."

"What I think Adelante does is really pull together these three concepts of recognition, connection, and inspiration. And, those are my three kinda themes that I always hold dear. I always, always try to think about those three concepts in everything that I do."-Rosie Rios, Treasurer of the United States

"We are all carrying 50 pounds of baggage of what happened to us when we were little, of our families. Even though we come from loving people with great values, we are living between two worlds in a tug of war and it’s painful. We never quite feel like we fit."